NOUN | plant | orange milkweed, butterfly weed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa | erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers |
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Meaning | Erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers. | |
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Synonyms | butterfly weed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa | |
Broader | milkweed, silkweed | Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts |
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